Above the Clouds by Stauffer, Russell G.; Alvina Treut Burrows & Thomas D. Horn - 1961

New York: Official Publishing Company, 1887. Front cover is partially detached at lower half and detached an inch at top. Back cover is almost fully detached. Original cover to spine (now covered by paper) appears to be missing. Quarter leather and marble print cover has been covered at some point with brown paper which has caused some tanning to the fep. Pencilled price in fep along with two small tears. Inscription on pages preceding title page - this was a 1904 Christmas gift. 500 pages with black and white engravings, many full page engravings. Some light tanning to page margins. Marble page ends. Written by J.W. Buel "The Famous Traveler and Historian...England's Battles with the Boers in the Transvall including an Exhaustive History of the Settlement of Cape Colony, Wars with the Kaffirs, Matabeles, Zulus, the DIamond and Gold Mines of South Africa and a History of Exploration, Discovery, Conquest and Development by all the Famous Travelers that have traversed teh Dark… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Memphis, Tennessee: Southwestern at Memphis, 1967. Folio sized hardcover; 304 pages, dark brown endpapers. Brown leatherette style cloth with embossed name and design on front cover; the background of the design is gilt. The spine has the embossed name, year and volume in gilt. Full color photograph inset of one of the school's buildings is also on front cover. Black and white photographs throughout, green endpapers and color photo illustrated title page. Yearbooks are always a fascinating snapshot in time memorializing hairstyles, fashion and social conventions. This book is very well photographed with some interesting and thoughtful compositions. Founded in 1848 the oft renamed school began: in 1848 as the Masonic University of Tennessee in 1850 was renamed Stewart College in 1850 to honor its then president William M. Stewart in 1875 was renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1925 was renamed Southwestern in 1945 was renamed Southwestern at Memphis (which was its name at the time… Read More

Memphis, Tennessee: Southwestern at Memphis, 1965. Folio sized hardcover; 256 pages. Green leatherette style cloth with embossed name and year on front cover and spine in bright silver foil. Black and white photographs throughout with color photo illustrated endpapers and several color pages. Yearbooks are always a fascinating snapshot in time memorializing hairstyles, fashion and social conventions. This book is very well photographed with some interesting and thoughtful compositions. Founded in 1848 the oft renamed school began: in 1848 as the Masonic University of Tennessee in 1850 was renamed Stewart College in 1850 to honor its then president William M. Stewart in 1875 was renamed Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1925 was renamed Southwestern in 1945 was renamed Southwestern at Memphis (which was its name at the time of publication of this volume) and in 1984 was renamed Rhodes College in after Dr. Payton N. Rhodes who served as president of the college, and prior to that professor.… Read More

New York: J. K. Wellman, 1846. Rare and highly collectible, contains one the first printings of Edgar Allan Poe's (listed as Edgar A. Poe in the table of contents) famous poem, The Raven (nevermore.) The last entry in the book is Poe's on pages 376-378. Other authors inlcude: John Greenleaf Whittier (John G. Whittier here) with The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick. Quarter leather (leather extended spine and corners) and black marbled (or rubbed) boards. 378 pages with mostly bright pages with tanned borders - pages in center tend to be bright with tanned boarders and some light foxing; endpapers are tanned. (Probably steelcut) black and white engravings. Front cover is detached (but present). Leather spine has gilt titles is rubbed and worn at head and heel. A highly desired volume, worth restoring. We note one previously folded page corner and pages 97/98 have been torn out (it was the beginning of an essay, Luther - His Faith and Work) and is missing. The first publication of this… Read More

Massachusetts: Middlesex School, 1992. 1992 yearbook for the Concord, Massachusetts day and boarding high school that boasts former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld as well as actor Steve Carrell amongst its alumni. Brown hardcover with bright silver titles and logo on front cover. 209 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; there are also a couple of color photograph illustrated pages. This volume has unique senior pages (versus senior photos) where the senior got to write (sometimes in their own handwriting) and select the photographs and contact for their page. We note only some light shelfwear and edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baltimore, MD: Helicon, 1968. 224 pages From jacket: "Contemporary prayer becomes meaningful when it reflects what man has to say to God; it can become formative and purposeful when it reflects what God has to say to man. The reason behind this book is to enable modern man to pray with God's own words as they are found in the Bible. The prayers of Abraham, David, Isaiah and Daniel, as well as those of James, John, Peter and Paul are here assembled for the first time, together with prayers composed from various other writings of the Old and New Testaments." Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket is covered with mylar; blank sticker on fep, remnants of pocket on rep. Edgewear, bumped head and heal of spine; worn bottom corners. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. The provenence of this antiquarian volume is what makes this book unique. Pasted to the inside cover is the bookplate of Louis Agassiz Shaw, co-inventor (along with Philip Drinker) of the iron lung in 1928. 394 lightly tanned pages followed by several pages of publisher advertisements. Some rubbing wear to maroon cover. We noted some red pencil marks to equations on page 175. Some mild foxing to endpapers. A poor quality rubber cement repair has been made to inside cover and title page, so residue is visible on the seams of those pages and title page does not open flat. Shaw bookplate has caused a darkened area the shape of the bookplate, paste residue on bookplate. Small green stamp on fep, penciled price, penciled price on page v. Rubber cement residue on inside seem of back cover. Small blemish on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . 3rd. Cloth. Good/No… Read More

Boston: D Lothrop & Co., 1887. Rare volume from 1887 with contributions from well-known writers and artists. 4to sized, brown clothbound hardcover with gilt titles and decorations. 112, heavy, glossy pages with many full page illustrations. Many pages are blank on the reverse. Bright gilt trim on all edges. Unique three color endpapers. Purple satin ribbon bookmark tucked inside. A special volume. Contributors: Susan Coolidge Adeline D.T. Whitney Sarah O. Jewett Margaret Sidney Nora Perry Celia Thaxter Harriet Prescott Spofford Margaret J. Preston Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Lucy Larcom Kate Putnam Osgood S M B Piatt Illustrations by: George Foster Barnes Edmund H. Garrett Hy Sandam F. Childe Hassam W. L. Taylor. Inked name on blank page following fep. Worn corners, 8.5 inch tear to exterior spine, edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barnes, George… Read More

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd, 1912. Compiled and arranged for the National Association of Teachers of the Deaf by the Publications Committee No year of publication listed, but book is circa 1912 which is referenced in the book. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout and some gorgeous vibrant full page, full color illustrations on glossy stock. Dark green cloth with black titles. 124 pages. Bumped and worn corners and head and heel of spine. Endpapers are tanned; booksellers penciled notation on rear endpage. The title page and pages 13 and 19 have some very light fingermarks. We note a weakness in the binding - loose stitching between pages 44 and 45. From page 123 "Writing A Letter:" "I am learning many things here. I learn to speak, and to read, and to write... We play football in winter. In summer we play cricket...: A lovely and rare volume. Please see our photographs. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity… Read More